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The "typically 1¾ inches" figure repeated for the District has no source in DC law; § 1516.4 states no dimension. DCRA, whose URLs still circulate for this board, ceased to exist on October 1, 2022 when it was split into the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection and the Department of Buildings. Chapter 17-23 is not the engineering chapter.
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Frequently asked questions about District Of Columbia digital architect stamps and seals.
Once you are licensed in District of Columbia, you can generate your seal here and download it immediately. Fill in the form and position your signature if you want one. The layout follows 17 DCMR § 3413 (Seal of an Architect), which is the provision the District of Columbia Board of Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture will measure the seal against.
District of Columbia’s architect stamp rule is 17 DCMR § 3413 (Seal of an Architect), administered by the District of Columbia Board of Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture, a different body from the engineering board. The seal must carry “LICENSED ARCHITECT-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA”, and no numeric diameter is stated. The seal must comply in all respects, including size and format, with the specimen printed in the rule.
A further 3 requirements, each tied to the subsection that imposes it, are itemised in the District of Columbia requirements section on this page.
17 DCMR § 3413 (Seal of an Architect) governs the District of Columbia architect’s seal but does not prescribe a diameter. Sizes quoted for District of Columbia elsewhere generally come from stamp suppliers’ catalogues rather than from the rule. What the rule does require is that your name and license number stay clearly legible.
No. Architects answer to the Board of Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture, and the seal provision is 17 DCMR § 3413 in Chapter 17-34. The Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and its seal rule, 17 DCMR § 1516 in Chapter 17-15, govern engineers and surveyors and say nothing about architects — so an architect who follows the § 1516 list ends up with the wrong words on the seal. (17 DCMR § 3413; 17 DCMR § 1516)
No. 17 DCMR § 3413.1 fixes the wording as LICENSED ARCHITECT-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — one hyphenated phrase, not two elements — together with the name of the licensed architect and the license number. The section states no diameter; the seal "shall comply in all respects, including size and format, with the specimen shown below", so the printed specimen rather than a number is the standard to match. (17 DCMR § 3413.1)
Across it. 17 DCMR § 3413.7 requires the licensed architect, when affixing the seal to any technical submission or other instrument of service, to affix their name by manual or electronic signature across the printed image of the seal. The engineering rule is the looser one — 17 DCMR § 1516.9 lets an engineer or surveyor sign adjacent to or across the seal — but the architect's rule offers no adjacent option. (17 DCMR § 3413.7)
Every drawing. 17 DCMR § 3413.2 imprints the seal on each design and each drawing, on the cover and index pages identifying each set of specifications, and on the cover page and index of all other technical submissions. § 3413.8 adds a requirement that is easy to overlook: all technical submissions or other instruments of service shall be identified as architecture documents. (17 DCMR § 3413.2, § 3413.8)
No. 17 DCMR § 3413.6 provides that the seal shall not be used for any purpose after a revocation or suspension takes effect — the same section that gives the architect thirty days to surrender the seal to the secretary of the Board. A seal image sitting in a template or a CAD block is no exception; the bar is on use, whatever form the seal takes. Where a suspension runs for a fixed period, the seal is returned when that period expires. (17 DCMR § 3413.6)
